The true prophecies or prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, physician to Henry II. Francis II. and Charles IX. Kings of France, and one of the best astronomers that ever were.: A work full of curiosity and learning. Translated and commented by Theophilus de Garencieres, Doctor in Physick Colleg. Lond.Nostradamus
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The true prophecies or prognostications of Michael Nostradamus, physician to Henry II. Francis II. and Charles IX. Kings of France, and one of the best astronomers that ever were.: A work full of curiosity and learning. Translated and commented by Theophilus de Garencieres, Doctor in Physick Colleg. Lond.
Nostradamus
Astrology -- Early works to 1800; Prophecies -- Early works to 1800
I could not find what he meaneth by _Andronne_, therefore I believe it is
a barbarous and forged word, which the Author hath foisted in, to make
the first Verses rhime with the word _Rhosne_ in the third Verse, which
is a famous River in _France_.
XVIII.
French.
De duel mourra l’infelix profligé,
Celebrera son victrix l’Hecatombe,
Pristine loy franc edict redigé,
Le mur & Prince septiesme ira au tombe.
English.
The unhappy being overcome, shall die for grief,
His Victrix shall celebrate the Hecatomb,
The former law and free Edict shall be brought again,
The wall and seventh Prince shall go to the Grave.
ANNOT.
_Victrix_ is a Latine word, and the Feminine Gender of _victor_, and
signifieth a woman that is victorious; _Hecatomb_ is a Sacrifice, wherein
an hundred Oxen are killed.
XIX.
French.
Le grand Royal d’Or, d’Airain augmenté,
Rompu la pache par jeune, ouverte guerre,
Peuple affligé par un chef lamenté,
De sang barbare sera couverte Terre;
English.
The great Golden Royal, being increased with Copper,
The agreement being broken by a young man, there shall be open War,
People afflicted by the loss of a General lamented,
The ground shall be covered with barbarous blood.
ANNOT.
By the great golden Royal, is understood (if I mistake not) a King rich
in Gold and Silver, who being joyned with one rich in Copper, shall make
open War against one that shall have broken his agreement.
_Quære_: Whether this came not to pass when _Gustaphus Adolphus_ King
of _Sweden_ and rich in Brass, being helped by the _French_ Gold and
Silver; was not the General so much lamented, after he had almost ruined
the Emperour, whom he did challenge to have broken his word, and had
covered the ground with _German_ and _Swedish_ blood.
XX.
French.
De la les _Alpes_ grand Armée passera,
Un peu devant naistra monstre vapin,
Prodigieux, & subit tournera,
Le grand _Toscan_ a son lieu plus propin.
English.
Beyond the _Alpes_ shall a great Army go, and
A little before shall be born a Vapin Monster,
Prodigious and suddenly the great _Toscan_
Shall return to his nearest place.
ANNOT.
What the Author meaneth by _vapin_, is unknown to me, as for the word
_propin_, it is a diminutive of the Latine word _propinquus_, by the
figure of Rhetorick, called _Tmesis_.
XXI.
French.
Par le trespas du Monarque Latin,
Ceux quil aura par Regne secourus,
Le feu livra divisé le butin,
La mort publique aux hardis accourus.
English.
By the death of the Latine Monarque,
Those that he shall have succoured in his Reign.
The fire shall shine, the booty shall be divided,
The stout comers in shall be put to publick death.
ANNOT.
Every body may judge of this as well as I, therefore to trouble my self
it should be to no purpose.
XXII.
French.
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